United States District Court for the District of Maryland

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The United States District Court for the District of Maryland is the United States district court whose jurisdiction is the state of Maryland.

Notable judges in this district include William Paca, a signer of the United States Declaration of Independence.

The United States Attorney for the District of Maryland represents the United States in civil and criminal litigation in the court.

When decisions of the court are appealed, they are appealed to the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals based in Downtown Richmond, VA at the Lewis F. Powell Federal Courthouse.

Organization of the court

Under 28 U.S.C. § 100, Maryland consists of a single federal judicial district with two statutory divisions. The Southern Division includes Calvert, Charles, Montgomery, Prince George's, and St. Mary's counties and sits in Greenbelt. The Northern Division includes the rest of the state and sits in Baltimore, although the statute also provides for the court to sit in Cumberland and Denton.

Judges

Article III judges

See: Article III federal judge

Chief Judge Benson Legg Baltimore Richard Bennett Baltimore Catherine Blake Baltimore Deborah Chasanow Balimore Frederick Motz Baltimore (retiring once a replacement is appointed - James Bredar recommended [1])

William Quarles Baltimore Roger Titus Greenbelt Alexander Williams Greenbelt Vacancy Baltimore (Ellen Hollander recommended [1]) Vacancy Greenbelt (Charles Day recommended [1])

• Nominated by Ronald Reagan: Frederick Motz
• Nominated by George H.W. Bush: Benson Legg, Richard Bennett
• Nominated by Bill Clinton: Catherine Blake, Deborah Chasanow, Andre Davis, Alexander Williams
• Nominated by George W. Bush: William Quarles, Roger Titus

Senior judges

Walter Black Baltimore Marvin Garbis Baltimore Alex Harvey Baltimore Peter Messitte Greenbelt

William Nickerson Baltimore Frederic Smalkin Joseph Young Baltimore

Magistrate judges

Chief Magistrate Judge: Paul Grimm Baltimore Charles Day Greenbelt Jillyn Schulze Baltimore Victor Laws III Greenbelt Susan Gauvey Baltimore

Beth Gasner Baltimore Thomas M. DiGirolamo Greenbelt James Bredar Baltimore William Connelly Greenbelt

External links

• United States District Court for the District of Maryland Official Website
• United States Attorney for the District of Maryland Official Website
• Opinions of the District of Maryland
• Judges of the District of Maryland

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	v • d • e Federal judges of the United States District Court for the District of Maryland
Active judges	Bennett • Blake • Chasanow • Legg • Motz • Quarles • Titus • Williams • Vacancy • Vacancy
Senior judges	Black • Garbis • Harvey • Messitte • Nickerson • Smalkin • Young
Magistrate judges	Bredar • Connelly • Day • DiGirolamo • Gauvey • Gasner • Grimm • Laws • Schulze
Former judges	Blair • Bland • Chesnut • Coleman • Davis • Giles • E. Glenn • J. Glenn • Hargrove • Heath • Houston • Howard • Jones • Kaufman • Miller • Morris • Murray • Niemeyer • Northrop • Paca • Ramsey • Rose • Soper • Thomsen • Watkins • Winchester • Winter